BlackRhinoceros: environmental activism. Action alerts on conservation and recycling, conservation and reusing, reducing consumption and land use


	Take action on conservation: In the left column: the promoting organizations' homepages; in the right: the Actions, with the date each was added or most recently verified. Reduce resource use Reuse materials Actions on conservation falling into two or more of these subcategories Please tell us if you know of other Actions on conservation or if there are errors in any of the links on this page. Register to be automatically notified of all updates to this Conservation Actions page.
	Reduce
	Sierra Club		keep hazardous electronic waste out of landfills in California (Sep 19, 2002)
	Center for Democracy and Technology		opt out of junk mail (Jun 11, 2002)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		cut down consumer waste, catalogs through the mail (Jan 19, 2002)
	the Center for a New Americal Dream		join the Turn the Tide campaign, take nine small actions, personally, for the good of the planet (Oct 25, 2001)
	GreenMatters		ask Staples' President, Ronald Sargent, to phase out 100% virgin pulp paper products in favor of high recycled content and tree-free products (Oct 11, 2001)
	GreenMatters		ask US Congress to stop the DEA from ruling against industrial hemp products (Oct 11, 2001)
	GreenMatters		help put an end to harmful US government subsidies that encourage waste of US natural resources (Oct 11, 2001)
	Green Scissors		lobby the US Congress on cutting environmentally harmful wasteful spending (Aug 30, 2001)
	Grist Magazine		annotated links to consumption Actions (Aug 27, 2001)
	Public Interest Research Group		email US lawmakers and decision makers demanding recycling of waste (Aug 27, 2001)
	Petition!Petition		petition opposing detrimental consumption (Aug 26, 2001)
	Direct Marketing Association		register to reduce junk snail mail (Aug 15, 2001)
	Grist Magazine		annotated links to transportation and energy Actions (Aug 5, 2001)
	Friends of the Earth		join the UK campaign on reducing waste in a variety of areas (Aug 3, 2001)

	Reuse
	Stop Waste Management		take action against fraudulent waste management giant Waste Management International (Nov 6, 2003)
	Environmental Defense Action Network		tell US catalog companies to use recycled paper for their wasteful advertising exercises (Nov 14, 2002)
	Sierra Club		encourage recycling of hazardous waste in California (Aug 27, 2002)
	No Incineration Alliance		stop the building of an incinerator which would despoil the Boyne valley in Ireland (Mar 13, 2002)
	Grass Roots Recycling Network		ask US retailer, Staples to stop destroying forests (Nov 20, 2001)
	Grass Roots Recycling Network		demand that the US congress take action to eliminate waste and pollution (Nov 20, 2001)
	Grass Roots Recycling Network		tell computer manufacturers about the advantages of recycling hardware (Nov 19, 2001)
	Grass Roots Recycling Network		demand recycled Pepsi bottles (Sep 21, 2001)
	Grass Roots Recycling Network		tell Coke to promote recycling (Sep 21, 2001)
	IBM		recycle your computer… for a price (Sep 21, 2001)
	the Center for a New Americal Dream		tell US retailer Staples to sell 100% recycled, process Chlorine-free paper (Sep 21, 2001)
	Public Interest Research Group		email US lawmakers and decision makers demanding recycling of waste (Aug 27, 2001)
	GrassRoots Environmental Effectiveness Network (GREEN)		pages promoting action on a variety of recycling campaigns (Aug 25, 2001)
	Grist Magazine		annotated links to recycling Actions (Aug 1, 2001)

	Conservation - General
	Environmental Defense Action Network		help defeat misguided legislation which would seek to put the US military machine 'above' essential environmental protection laws (May 21, 2003)
	World Wildlife Fund		stop attempts by US legislators to cut environmental education spending (Nov 1, 2002)
	World Wildlife Fund		insist that New York buildings use Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) wood (Jul 25, 2002)
	Save Our Environment		tell Bush to stop assisting big business to destroy our environment (Jun 26, 2002)
	National Parks Conservation Association		insist that US congress must uphold environmental protection (Jun 12, 2002)
	National Wildlife Federation		act to stop destruction of US National Office of Environmental Education (Jun 12, 2002)
	GroenFront		variety of direct action protests and activities in the Netherlands (May 3, 2002)
	Animailbox.com		a commercial site with many 'click-to-save' Actions (Apr 12, 2002)
	Restoring the Earth Project		take a variety of focused actions through international effort to stop destruction of the Earth (Mar 28, 2002)
	World Wildlife Fund		help fend off threat to environmental education (Mar 26, 2002)
	EarthSave International		pledge to help the health of the Earth by not slaughtering and devouring animals (Mar 19, 2002)
	Earth Action Network		send specifically-targeted snail (surface) mail letters and faxes on a variety of urgent environmental issues (Mar 4, 2002)
	PetitionOnline		a large variety of online environmental petitions (Mar 4, 2002)
	Protest.net		a large variety of fast-changing protests on conservation issues (Jan 31, 2002)
	EcologyFund.com		commercial site with a variety of 'click-to-act' projects (Jan 27, 2002)
	Information for Action		general resource for lobbying on conservation issues (Jan 25, 2002)
	GreenMatters		tell US Senators that conservation should be the focal point of the next Farm Bill (Oct 11, 2001)
	Action Network		sign up here to join 750,000 email activists: be automatically notified of current Actions (Oct 1, 2001)
	Earth Share		get involved with Earth ShareÕs workplace giving campaigns (Sep 21, 2001)
	Co-op America's Boycott Action		international boycott campaigns (Aug 27, 2001)
	World Wildlife Fund		online petitions, registration and membership possible (Aug 27, 2001)
	Izaak Walton League of America		track the progress of conservation and environmental legislation on US Capitol Hill (Aug 26, 2001)
	Working Assets		act for change section (Aug 26, 2001)
	Action Network		portal to a variety of local and national (US) e-activist sites (Aug 25, 2001)
	Wild Aid		various programs around the world supporting conservation (Aug 25, 2001)
	Green Solitaire		a general list of Actions and sites containing Action pages (Aug 22, 2001)
	Macrocosm USA		directory service of environmental Actions (Aug 22, 2001)
	Network for Change		select from a 100+ long list of environment (and other) issues to work on (Aug 22, 2001)
	Public Interest Research Group		support the maintenance of existing US environmental legislation (Aug 22, 2001)
	National Environmental Trust		join an activists' network on conservation (Aug 20, 2001)
	Witness to the Future		online threaded bulletin board system for activists (Aug 15, 2001)
	The Petition Site		a variety of online environmental petitions (Aug 11, 2001)
	Actions Without Borders		environmental Actions drop down list (Aug 5, 2001)
	E The People		a variety of online environmental petitions (Aug 5, 2001)
	SpeakOut		a variety of online environmental petitions (Aug 3, 2001)
	EnviroCop		report environmental crime in the Boston Massachusetts area (Aug 1, 2001)
	Environmental Advocates		environmental issues in New York (Aug 1, 2001)
	Disclaimer BlackRhinoceros lists these links for directory purposes only. We do not necessarily imply endorsement of everything on these sites. Nor can we guarantee either the accuracy of information that they contain or how current they are: we have no control over the content of these sites, although we do make every effort to monitor, update and authenticate each link regularly. So you are advised to satisfy yourself of their intent and purpose. Your comments to BlackRhinoceros on these sites and and links are always very welcome!

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